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Cass, Lewis
(Encyclopedia) Cass, Lewis, 1782–1866, American statesman, b. Exeter, N.H. He established (1802) himself as a lawyer in Zanesville, Ohio, became a member (1806) of the state legislature, and was U.S…Blair, Montgomery
(Encyclopedia) Blair, Montgomery, 1813–83, U.S. Postmaster General (1861–64), b. Franklin co., Ky., son of Francis P. Blair (1791–1876). He resigned from the army in 1836 after serving against the…Kansas-Nebraska Act
(Encyclopedia) Kansas-Nebraska Act, bill that became law on May 30, 1854, by which the U.S. Congress established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. By 1854 the organization of the vast Platte…Human Rights Day
A celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Related Links Encyclopedia: Human Rights Human Rights Treatieis, Speeches, and Documents The World's Most Repressive…Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Preface
Preface In the month of August, 1841, I attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, at which it was my happiness to become acquainted with FREDERICK DOUGLASS, the writer of the following…Grimké, Angelina Emily
(Encyclopedia) Grimké, Angelina EmilyGrimké, Angelina Emilygrĭmˈkē [key], 1805–79, American abolitionist and advocate of women's rights, b. Charleston, S.C. Converted to the Quaker faith by her elder…Blair, Francis Preston, 1791–1876, American journalist and politician
(Encyclopedia) Blair, Francis Preston, 1791–1876, American journalist and politician, b. Abingdon, Va. Through the Frankfort, Ky., journal Argus of Western America, which he edited with Amos Kendall…Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe was a poet who co-published the anti-slavery newspaper The Commonwealth with her husband, Samuel Gridley Howe. In 1861 she wrote the words to The Battle Hymn of the Republic, which…Brown, John, American abolitionist
(Encyclopedia) Brown, John, 1800–1859, American abolitionist, b. Torrington, Conn. He spent his boyhood in Ohio. Before he became prominent in the…John Brown
John Brown is a famous figure in the fight over slavery that led up to the American Civil War. His murderous raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 showed the depth of the division between slave owners and…Trending
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